Reviews of HONORABLE SURVIVOR

"Lynne Joiner's remarkably candid, thorough and sympathetic biography, "Honorable Survivor: Mao's China,
McCarthy's America, and the Persecution of John S. Service," is yet another testament to the exoneration
of a loyal American caught up in a historical maelstrom."

-Byron Tau, Roll Call 9.28.09

Advance praise for HONORABLE SURVIVOR

"Sometimes a writer can use one person's story to illuminate an entire piece of history, and that is what
Lynne Joiner does in her engrossing and readable book.... This is both a solid addition to scholarship
of the Cold War era and the moving, very personal story of the life of one man: brilliant, flawed, long
suffering, and honorable indeed."

-Adam Hochschild, author of King Leopold's Ghost: A Story of Greed, Terror, and Heroism in
Colonial Africa

"Joiner ably tells the tragic story of a good American laid low by the basest kind of character
assassination masquerading as anti-Communism. All one can say is: 'Read this book and weep!' "

"Jack Service's experiences in wartime China and post-war America are an exciting tale with
important resonances for current foreign policy challenges in countries like Afghanistan, Iraq,
Pakistan and Iran as well as US-China relations. I can't wait to see the movie."

-Susan Shirk, former Deputy Assistant Secretary of State (1997-2000); currently Director, University of
California Institute on Global Conflict and Cooperation, U.C.-San Diego

"This maelstrom of political intrigue, with Service at the center, is presented in well-documented and engaging
detail. It is critical reading for anyone concerned with China policy and an instance of Congress and the FBI
subverting justice."

-Richard H. Solomon, former Assistant Secretary of State for East Asian and Pacific Relations; currently
President of the U.S. Institute of Peace

"Honorable Survivor is the gripping tale of one man's extraordinary life in wartime China and the Kafkaesque
era of McCarthyism in America. Lynne Joiner does a masterful job of using new materials to illuminate how personal
decisions, great historical forces, and the actions of vindictive and overzealous officials shaped developments in China,
the United States, and U.S.-China relations in ways that have yet to be fully resolved."

-Thomas Fingar, former U.S. Deputy Director of National Intelligence for Analysis; currently lecturer at
Stanford University

"How [Jack Service] survived and was ultimately vindicated are the subject of Lynne Joiner's insightful and deeply
moving biography."

-Chalmers Johnson, author of Peasant Nationalism and Communist Power and Blowback: the Costs and Consequences
of American Empire

"Jack Service did not lose China. On the contrary, he was a hero of the times.... This well-written and
thoroughly researched book... helps us understand the machinations and failures of U.S.-China policy, on both
the American and Chinese sides."

-Victor Hao Li, former President, East-West Center, Honolulu, and former Shelton Professor of International
Law, Stanford Law School